What job seekers need to know about the nonprofit sector

This webinar explores the important nuts and bolts of the nonprofit sector and its hiring process. We discuss the resource barriers (fiscal and human resource constraints); the frequency with which nonprofits hire and recruit through their internal network; and ways for job seekers to get involved and strengthen their candidacy.

Topics Include:

• Resource Barriers: lack of professionalized HR role, centralized job postings, and recruitment; and the economics of the sector
• "The Inside Job": nonprofit organizations are much more likely to hire people they know
• The Numbers: How nonprofits recruit and what they value in job candidates
• Ways to get involved and strengthen candidacy: it usually starts pro bono but that doesn't mean it isn't worth something
  

Participants will receive a handout with an overview of Idealist's resources as well as a "student-ready" Powerpoint presentation to offer on your campus.

Presenters:

Meg Busse is the Director of the Nonprofit Career Transitions Program at Idealist.  She is the author of The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for First-Time Job Seekers and works primarily with students who are seeking their first jobs after college.  One of the best parts of her work is that she gets to travel around the country talking with students and career advisors about nonprofit career opportunities in general, and in particular about the fact that any job that's in the for-profit sector is also available in the nonprofit sector (even stockbroker).

Steven Pascal-Joiner is the Director of the Career Transitions Program at Idealist. He works with professionals in career transition and is the author of The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for Sector Switchers. He is also the manager of the Mid-Career Transitions Resource Center. He speaks nationally to both nonprofit job seekers with previous work experience as well as those career services professionals who counsel them.

"What job seekers need to know" webinar participants are also invited to attend our Expert Panel on March 24th at 1:00 pm EST for no additional charge. During this expert panel webinar, career service professionals from schools who counsel students from a broad range of majors talk about unique ways they use Idealist and other resources to help their students find nonprofit careers. The panelists are:

• Dee Thompson: Director, Portland State University Career Center
• Bill Alberta: Associate Director, Cornell University Career Services
• Greg Hatch: Assistant Director, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Career Center
• Nancy Paul: Director, Binghamton University Career Development Center

After you register for the "What job seekers need to know" webinar, you will receive a seperate email with log-in information for the Expert Panel.

We hope that you will invite your colleagues to join you for these events. However, each office should only register once and then join the seminars from one computer.

Cancellation: If you sign up for the webinar and later encounter a scheduling conflict, a full refund will be provided if you cancel by March 12th (5:00 pm PST). Please email us at webinars{at}idealist.org for more information.